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Quoted from tamoore:I've never heard of, or seen a single person abuse one of my machines any more than I do... which isn't much at all...
If I ever did they would certainly get a comment from me. I treat others pins as if they were my own.
Quoted from Blackbeard:I love the newb player who thinks that if they lean into the cab every shot, the ball will go faster or something. Drives me nuts.
I will admit to pushing the button HARDER to try and make that far ramp shot 
Can't help it. After a long day of playing I will be sore the next day.....lol.
Don't shoot the messenger Frax....that just appears to be the consensus. Not sure what there is to disagree with. By far and away the most aggressive players I've come across have been the tournament players......and this thread appears to confirm that.
Quoted from chuckwurt:I think people playing routed pins are bad too. They see that the bar doesn't even own the pin, so they just abuse away. I have had bartenders/owners tell me to lift up the machine and slam it down to free a stuck ball.
I have since gotten the contact info of the op to personally email him when there is an issue with the machine. I have found contacting the op directly keeps the pin that is on route in much better shape.
Well I would agree that "routed" pins take the most abuse by far. But we are talking about "Expo" pins here. Peoples private collection pins getting abused at events.
Quoted from phishrace:A better generalization than what I quoted above would be to say location players 'are the biggest abusers'.
And in fact I already said that.
This thread was about peoples personal machines getting abused at EXPO's. That's what I was referring to. A lot of discussion had to do with angry reactions to losing the ball, not your typical "slap, nudge, slide action you see in tournaments that does not fully tilt the machine.
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